| I am the original dj jazzy jay from the mighty, mighty zulu nation
 And first i’ll say my name is a, original scratch creator grand wizard theodore
 For those who don’t know, i started back out in ‘74
 Africa bambata, disco king mario, cool herc, grandmaster flash and you know
 Some of the pioneers who did it back then you know
 Hip-hop is universal now it all depends upon on what you do
 Hip-hop is like what you would call the bastard child of a lot of different forms of music
 I just feel good that like, like a lot of rock bands are like recognizing the culture
 We used to play these beats because they used to drive us on the dance floor
 And people don’t really know that it’s a rock record until like the guitars come in and stuff like that
 We didn’t have no hip-hop beats back in the days we had to take it from everywhere we could get it from
 Just trying to take it to another level
 That’s what keeps the music new and keeps it fresh
 As far as rock is concerned, i think rock is, you know, a big part of hip hop
 Rock helped influence hip-hop, hip-hop helped influence the world
 
 [mike]
 Shh
 Yeah, hey
 Shh
 You hear me? ok
 Listen
 
 Yo, it’s like a triple-staged darkness, listen and drift
 Every muscle in your skin starts to shake and shift
 You can hate the gift, but my phrases daze your click
 Spray your when i spit, i mean it
 You’re just too conceited, repeating and repeating
 You’re a thugged out gangster pimp ‘til you believe it
 Seems like there’s too much pack, we don’t need it
 I’m cool on your heat, you can keep it
 It’s not a big secret, this is a game you can’t win
 You’re singing the same thing, but we’re bringing the answer
 Just close your eyes and pretend again that your skin
 Isn’t as thin as the skin you’re in, bitch
 
 Give me a second just to spell it out
 So nobody can twist what i’m talking about
 I don’t have to fake anything i feel
 Because we both know every word is real
 
 Right about now the funk soul brother
 Check it out now the funk soul brother
 
 [had some]
 I got the skills that contanium, straight to the cranium
 Try to play me and we can go to war like iranians
 A deep cat, i speak rap, as long as the beat phat
 My chain be off the meat rack
 Lord finesse, don’t harass the guards with four bars
 And piss on like half your squad
 So the savage, i don’t give a crap
 I don’t harass the people playing russian roulette with automatics
 See, on the street i’m top the rank
 Three words see when i get the dice stop the bank
 Bet against me, you’ll get your ass kicked
 Leaving my street team, for nothing but ass whooping
 Hard hitters (handsome boys)
 The type to sport the chicks on the arm like john ritter
 The bomb beat, being stabbing the third
 Better play like jehovah witness, just spread the word
 
 [chester]
 The sky opens wide, to swallow me again
 Once i am inside, i’m lost and can’t pretend
 These pictures in my mind are not a part of me
 These memories hold in tight, ‘til i can hardly breathe
 
 I can hardly breathe (breathe)
 I can hardly breathe (breathe)
 I can’t hardly stop the memories
 
 Nothing i can say or do will take away what i’ve been through
 What you were is what i’ve come to be…
 Nothing you can say to me will take away these memories
 What you were is what i’ve come to be…
 
 
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